Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 1, 2008
Mark Kotsay granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 2008
Miguel Asencio granted Free Agency.
Paul Byrd granted Free Agency.
Dave Gassner granted Free Agency.
Keith Ginter granted Free Agency.
Lee Gronkiewicz granted Free Agency.
Eric Hull granted Free Agency.
Jason Lane granted Free Agency.
Marcus McBeth granted Free Agency.
Jon Switzer granted Free Agency.
Michael Tejera granted Free Agency.
- November 5, 2008
Mike Timlin granted Free Agency.
- November 10, 2008
Signed Robert Coello as a free agent.
Signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.
- November 19, 2008
Traded Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ramón Ramírez.
- November 20, 2008
Signed Paul McAnulty as a free agent.
- November 26, 2008
Signed Marcus McBeth as a free agent.
- November 28, 2008
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Wes Littleton. The Boston Red Sox sent Beau Vaughan (minors) (December 11, 2008) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
- December 2, 2008
Signed Billy Traber as a free agent.
- December 4, 2008
Signed Junichi Tazawa as a free agent.
- December 10, 2008
Signed Enrique González as a free agent.
- December 11, 2008
Drafted Miguel González from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
- December 12, 2008
Kevin Cash granted Free Agency.
- December 28, 2008
Signed Josh Bard as a free agent.
Signed Brad Penny as a free agent.
- January 5, 2009
Signed Nick Green as a free agent.
- January 8, 2009
Signed Rocco Baldelli as a free agent.
- January 9, 2009
Signed Mark Kotsay as a free agent.
Dewon Day selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.
Virgil Vasquez selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.
- January 10, 2009
Signed Takashi Saito as a free agent.
- January 11, 2009
Signed Ángel Chávez as a free agent.
- January 12, 2009
Signed John Smoltz as a free agent.
- January 15, 2009
Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Paul Byrd. The Boston Red Sox sent Mickey Hall (minors) (January 15, 2009) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
- January 19, 2009
Traded David Pauley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Randor Bierd.
- January 20, 2009
Traded David Aardsma to the Seattle Mariners. Received Fabian Williamson (minors).
- January 24, 2009
Signed Chip Ambres as a free agent.
- January 27, 2009
Signed Fernando Cabrera as a free agent.
Signed Carlos Maldonado as a free agent.
Signed Iván Ochoa as a free agent.
- February 6, 2009
Signed Steve Green as a free agent.
Signed Jason Varitek as a free agent.
Signed Carlos Martínez as an amateur free agent.
Jeff Bailey granted Free Agency.
- February 7, 2009
Signed Jeff Bailey as a free agent.
- February 16, 2009
Signed Brad Wilkerson as a free agent.
- March 1, 2009
Free agent signing of Carlos Martínez voided.
- March 17, 2009
Wes Littleton selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
- March 18, 2009
Released Josh Bard.
- March 24, 2009
Signed Rocky Cherry as a free agent.
- March 27, 2009
Released Steve Green.
- April 14, 2009
Signed Chris George as a free agent.
Selected Travis Denker off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
- April 22, 2009
Released Devern Hansack.
- April 23, 2009
Purchased Kason Gabbard from the Texas Rangers.
- April 27, 2009
Signed Devern Hansack as a free agent.
- May 17, 2009
Signed Freddy Guzmán as a free agent.
- May 22, 2009
Released Chris George.
- June 9, 2009
Drafted Rey Fuentes in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2009.
Drafted Alex Wilson in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2009.
Drafted Jeremy Hazelbaker in the 4th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2009.
Drafted Branden Kline in the 6th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Madison Younginer in the 7th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 14, 2009.
Drafted Chris McGuiness in the 13th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2009.
Drafted Luke Bard in the 16th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Alex Hassan in the 20th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 2009.
Drafted Mike Yastrzemski in the 36th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Matt Koch in the 37th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Luke Maile in the 43rd round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 10, 2009
Sent Chip Ambres to the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.
- July 2, 2009
Signed Raúl Alcántara as an amateur free agent.
- July 8, 2009
Released Jonathan Van Every.
- July 22, 2009
Traded Julio Lugo to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Chris Duncan.
Traded Argenis Díaz and Hunter Strickland to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Adam LaRoche.
- July 25, 2009
Released Paul McAnulty.
- July 28, 2009
Signed Dan Butler as an amateur free agent.
Traded Mark Kotsay to the Chicago White Sox. Received Brian Anderson.
- July 29, 2009
Released Freddy Guzmán.
- July 31, 2009
Traded Nick Hagadone, Justin Masterson and Bryan Price to the Cleveland Indians. Received Víctor Martínez.
Traded Adam LaRoche to the Atlanta Braves. Received Casey Kotchman.
- August 3, 2009
Released Carlos Maldonado.
- August 5, 2009
Signed Paul Byrd as a free agent.
- August 7, 2009
Selected Chris Woodward off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
- August 14, 2009
Traded Kristopher Negrón to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Álex González and cash.
- August 15, 2009
Released Rocky Cherry.
- August 17, 2009
Released John Smoltz.
- August 19, 2009
Released Iván Ochoa.
- August 21, 2009
Released Chris Duncan.
- August 23, 2009
Signed Xander Bogaerts as an amateur free agent.
- August 25, 2009
Traded players to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Billy Wagner. The Boston Red Sox sent Chris Carter (October 7, 2009) and Eddie Lora (minors) (October 7, 2009) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
- August 27, 2009
Released Brad Penny.
- August 29, 2009
Purchased Joey Gathright from the Baltimore Orioles.
- September 30, 2009
Signed Jose Iglesias as an amateur free agent.
- October 5, 2009
Javier López granted Free Agency.
- October 6, 2009
Enrique González granted Free Agency.
- October 9, 2009
Jeff Bailey granted Free Agency.
- October 12, 2009
Billy Traber granted Free Agency.
- October 13, 2009
Gil Velazquez granted Free Agency.
- October 15, 2009
Marcus McBeth granted Free Agency.
- October 19, 2009
Takashi Saito granted Free Agency.
- November 5, 2009
Rocco Baldelli granted Free Agency.
Jason Bay granted Free Agency.
Nick Green granted Free Agency.
Billy Wagner granted Free Agency.
Traded José Álvarez and Hunter Jones to the Florida Marlins. Received Jeremy Hermida.
- November 7, 2009
Joey Gathright granted Free Agency.
- November 9, 2009
Ángel Chávez granted Free Agency.
Travis Denker granted Free Agency.
Álex González granted Free Agency.
Devern Hansack granted Free Agency.
Charlie Zink granted Free Agency.
- November 11, 2009
Fernando Cabrera granted Free Agency.
- November 13, 2009
Paul Byrd granted Free Agency.
Chris Woodward granted Free Agency.
- November 18, 2009
George Kottaras selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
- November 20, 2009
Selected Robert Manuel off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
- November 23, 2009
Signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.
- November 24, 2009
Signed Bob McCrory as a free agent.
Signed Darnell McDonald as a free agent.
- November 25, 2009
Signed Edwin Moreno as a free agent.
Signed Ángel Sánchez as a free agent.
Purchased Tug Hulett from the Kansas City Royals.
- December 4, 2009
Signed Fernando Cabrera as a free agent.
Signed Marco Scutaro as a free agent.
- December 7, 2009
Signed Scott Atchison as a free agent.
Signed Fabio Castro as a free agent.
- December 9, 2009
Selected Ramón Ramírez off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
- December 10, 2009
Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Boof Bonser. The Boston Red Sox sent Chris Province (minors) (December 12, 2009) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
- December 11, 2009
Signed Nate Spears as a free agent.
- December 12, 2009
Brian Anderson granted Free Agency.
- December 14, 2009
Signed Mike Cameron as a free agent.
Signed John Lackey as a free agent.
Signed Frankie Montas as an amateur free agent.
- January 4, 2010
Signed Adrian Beltré as a free agent.
Signed Brian Shouse as a free agent.
- January 7, 2010
Signed Scott Patterson as a free agent.
Released Bob McCrory.
Traded Casey Kotchman to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later and Bill Hall. The Seattle Mariners sent Miguel Celestino (minors) (March 18, 2010) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- January 13, 2010
Signed Jorge Sosa as a free agent.
- January 18, 2010
Signed Chad Paronto as a free agent.
Released Brad Wilkerson.
- January 19, 2010
Signed Gustavo Molina as a free agent.
- January 25, 2010
Signed Devern Hansack as a free agent.
- February 1, 2010
Signed Joe Nelson as a free agent.
- February 20, 2010
Released Edwin Moreno.
- March 1, 2010
Selected Casey Fien off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
- March 4, 2010
Casey Fien selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.
- March 20, 2010
Signed Alan Embree as a free agent.
- March 25, 2010
Released Brian Shouse.
- March 26, 2010
Signed Scott Schoeneweis as a free agent.
Purchased Kevin Frandsen from the San Francisco Giants.
- March 30, 2010
Released Scott Patterson.
- April 1, 2010
Released Jorge Sosa.
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